Willax Televisión
Peruvian free-to-air television channel
Willax Televisión (commonly known as Willax, from Quechua willaq [ˈwɪʎaχ] 'narrator, informant') is a Peruvian free-to-air television channel, owned by Erasmo Wong Lu. It began as an internet channel in 2010, with a television channel launching later that year.
History
In 1998, journalist Cecilia Valenzuela founded Imediaperu, a company specializing in investigative journalism initially published online and later distributed through mass media. The company later changed its name to AgenciaPerú and produced the Sunday programs Entrelíneas for the pay-TV channel Canal N and La ventana indiscreta for the free-to-air channel Latina Televisión. These programs exposed corruption cases during the governments of Alberto Fujimori, Alejandro Toledo, and Alan García.
In 2006, Guillermo Hume, former director of Canal N and the Sunday program Cuarto Poder on the free-to-air channel América Televisión, joined AgenciaPerú as general producer. The company also began producing the program Dos dedos de frente, hosted by Augusto Álvarez Rodrich and Juan Carlos Tafur. Two years later, in 2008, AgenciaPerú shifted its focus and decided to launch its own online media outlet. Additionally, a group of 16 shareholders with equal shares was formed, giving full control of the outlet to Hume.
Willax was founded by journalist Gilberto Hume and his wife, Cecilia Valenzuela, in 2010.
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